Michael Edmondson

Nov 19, 2019

How often do you ask others what they think?

The four most important words in the English language are, 'What do you think?’

Michael Edmondson

Nov 12, 2019

How often can you ignore the naysayers?

The biggest management failures in both business and government are not missed targets but missed opportunities.

Michael Edmondson

Oct 12, 2019

Can you move forward without a plan?

‘As you start to walk on the way, the way appears.’

Michael Edmondson

Oct 9, 2019

Can you remain positive amidst hopelessness?

"the test of a first-rate intelligence is the ability to hold two opposed ideas in the mind at the same time, and still retain the abil

Michael Edmondson

Oct 6, 2019

How often do you think differently?

"Thinking is the hardest work there is, which is the probable reason why so few engage in it.”

Michael Edmondson

Oct 3, 2019

Do you stand by your principles?

"I am not bound to win, but I am bound to be true."

Michael Edmondson

Jul 27, 2019

Do you allow yourself to be a work in progress?

Andy Hargadon, head of the entrepreneurship center at the University of California-Davis, says that for many people "twenty years of ex

Michael Edmondson

Jul 12, 2019

Do you know you are 100% in charge of your life?

As entrepreneur and author Gary Vaynerchuk "You are 100 Fucking percent in charge of your life - stop fucking bitching." Wottle to

Michael Edmondson

Jun 7, 2019

Do you act or take notice?

Tippi Hedren took action, revolutionized an entire industry and in so doing empowered a group of Americans looking for a way to thrive in th

Michael Edmondson

May 11, 2019

Do you take responsibility to get back up?

As Amos noted “You may not be responsible for getting knocked down. But you’re certainly responsible for getting back up.” Amos was knocked

Michael Edmondson

Apr 28, 2019

Do you help people understand?

FedEx founder Fred Smith knows all too well the time he was misunderstood. While he was a student at Yale University, Smith wrote a paper on

Michael Edmondson

Apr 26, 2019

Can you make a crazy idea work?

In a 2006 TED talk Wales said that Wikipedia began with a very radical idea and that was for “all of us to imagine a world in which every si

Michael Edmondson

Feb 21, 2019

How often do you think for yourself?

Her independent way of thinking allowed her to revolutionize the fashion industry with her little black dress. She took a color once associa

Michael Edmondson

Jan 11, 2019

How many rejections could you tolerate?

After operating Starbucks for 15 years, the original owners sold the small coffee shop with just six stores to former manager Howard Schultz

Michael Edmondson

Jan 6, 2019

Is it possible to do the impossible?

Is it possible to conduct an orchestra without a baton? Yes, of course it is! Kurt Masur, the music director emeritus of the New York Philha